Envelop.



0. G. GLOVER.

ENVELOP.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.28,1913.

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Patented July 14, 1914.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES G. GLOVER, OF THETFORD, VERMONT, ASSIG-NOR TO HIMSELF AND OTIS D. BOND, OF THETFORD, VERMONT.

ENVELOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1 1, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES G. GLovER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Thetford, in the county of Orange and State of Vermont,'have' invented a new and Improved Envelop, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has for its object to provide a mailing envelop with an extending flap for the stamp, the blanks from which the envelops are manufacturedbeing'of such a shape that they may be cut economically from a sheet of material. As has been stated, the envelop is constructed with a flap on which the stamps may be affixed in such a manner as to facilitate the cancellation of the stamps.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the following complete specification, in which the preferred form of the invention is disclosed.

In the drawings similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the envelop; Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the blank as it is being folded to form the envelop; Fig. 3 is an end View of the envelop; Fig. 4 is a plan View showing the blank which is used to construct the envelop; and Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are viewsshowing modified forms of the blank.

By referring to the drawings, it will be seen that the blank 5 is constructed with sealing flaps 6 and 7, there being a horizontal crease 8 between the body 5 of theblank and the flap 6, and there being a second horizontal crease 9 between the body of the blank and the flap 7. These creases 8 and 9 are parallel with each other, There are also two vertical creases 10 and 11, the vertical crease 10 being at the left of the body of the blank, and connecting the ends of the creases 8 and 9, and the vertical crease 11.

being at the right of the body of the blank, and connecting the other ends of the creases 8 and 9. These creases 10 and 11 are par allel with each other.

Beyond the crease 10 there is a portion 12 of the envelop, which forms one-half of the back of the envelop, there being a portion 13 beyond the crease 11, which forms the other half of the back of the envelop, these portions 12 and 13 being folded, and being fastened together in the manner which will shortly be described.

At the bottom of the portions 12 and 13 there are flaps 14 and 15, which extend be low the horizontal plane of the crease 9, and also below the sealing flap 7. These flaps 14 and 15 are separated from the portions 12 and 13 by the creases 14. These flaps 14 and 15 may be bent at the creases 14 rela tively to the body of the envelop, so that the flaps 14 and 15 sealed together and with stamps attached may be laid on the cancellation-table and theweight of the contents of the envelop will flatten the flaps 14 and 15 for the convenient cancellation of the stamps. There are cut-way portions 16 at the inner sides of the flaps 14 and 15, which space the inner sides 16 of the flaps 14 and 15 from the vertical planes of the creases 10 and 11. The inner sides of the flaps 14 and 15 are cut away at 16 to reduce the weight and to lessen the possibility of the zenvelop being torn along the creases 14 when the blank is folded. It will. be understood that the vertical edges of the envelop will act as bufiers to protect the flaps 14 and 15 and the creases 14. away portions 16 also lessen the possibility of the envelop being unsealed, as there will be no dragging at thesides of the envelop from the flaps 14 and 15, although these 'fiaps 14 and 15 may be wrenched by being caught between pieces of mail matter.

In folding this blank, the flap 7 is-first folded up at the crease 9, and against the body ofthe blank, after which the portion '13 of the blank is folded at the crease 11, and against the body of the blank, and the The cutflap 7, the portion 12 of the blank being then folded at the crease 10, against the bottom of the blank, and the flap 7.

As will be seen by referring to Fig. 2 of the drawings, the portion 12 of the blank i glued to the flap 7, and'the portions 12 and 13 will be glued to each other. The flap 6 may be secured to the portions 12 and 13 5 portion 19, to which the stamps may be affixed. It.will be seen that this extending portion 19 will at all times present an even surface for the cancellation of the stamps, although members with awkward surfaces may be inclosed in the envelop, which would make it difficult to cancel the stamps, should they be affixed directly on the body of the envelop, without injury to envelop or contents thereof .through effort to secure by hard impact a readable imprint of the when and where mailed informationthat may be part of the cancelation device- In cutting the blanks shown in Figs. 4: and 5 it will be unnecessary to reverse the die in order to cut the blank to the best advantage,

for in, cutting the blanksthe space left between the flaps 1 1 and 15 may be used for the flap 6 on the next blank.

The blank shown in'Fig. 5 of the drawings is substantially the same as that shown in Fig. 4, but the inner surfaces of the flaps 14 and 15' are not cut away, as is the case with the blank shown in Fig. 4. This blank, shown in F ig. 5, may be out just as advantageously as the blank shown in Fig. 4.

In the blank shown in'Fig- 6 of the drawings, the portion 12?v at the outer side of the crease 10 is very much narrower in width than isthe portion 13 at the outer side of the crease 11, and While the portion 13 of the blank has a depending flap 15*,there is no such flap'on the portion12 at the other- .side of the blank. However, this form of blank. may be cutadvantageously, as there 40 will be a portion of material left at the side of the fiap.15*?, from which the flap 6on the next blank may be cut.

The blank shown in Fig. 6 of the drawings is folded in substantially the same inan-v ner as the blank shown in Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings; that is, the flap 7 is folded at the crease 9, after which the portion 12 is folded at the crease '10, the portion 18 be- 1 ing then folded and the outer edges of the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents.

the "envelop is sealed by any one of the sealing devices which engage the open edges of an envelop and hold them together.

Iv prefer to fprovide the portion 18 of the I blank with a stener 19, having prongs 20, which are adapted to engage the portion 12 of the blank, the fastener 19 also having fingers or teeth 21, which are adapted to be disposed through an opening 22 in the flap 6, so that when the fingers or teeth are turned over, the flap 6 will beheld against the portions 12 and 13 of the blank. 9 Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure. by Letters Patent:

In an envelop, a :member having two parallel creases spaced apart and two ad ditional creases disposed, substantially at right angles to the first mentioned. creases,

flaps beyond the second mentioned creases, one of the flaps being turned up adjacent.

one of the second mentioned creases, the member vloeyond one of the first-mentioned creases havlng an extensionv dlsposed' below the plane in which is disposed the second mentioned crease adjacent the turned 'up flap, the member being bent at the first mentioned creases with-the portions of the member beyond the first mentioned creases secured to each other and to the last mentioned flap. f i

In testimony whereof I have] signed my name to this specification in the two subscribing witnesses.

7 CHARLES e. GLovER.

Witnesses I I .G.A.-EM1RS0N, i O. G. EMERSON.

' Washington, D. G.

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